> > Now printing is very slow both with and without Ghostscript: a single=
 page
> > can take two hours. I think that the PC is sending data to the printe=
r
> > continuosly
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> I can only tell a "mee too" - I see the same effect on NetBSD/i386
> current on a Toshiba Tecra 500CDT also with a HP Deskjet 690C. I did
AFAIR it's a bug in the 690 firmware/interface. This printer doesn't
follow all centronics/epp/etc. specifications correctly.
I had this problem on my RISC PC running RISC OS as well until I got a
patched driver that included a workaround.

Bye,
  Thilo.
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